“Blessed is the man whom You choose,
 And cause to approach You,
 That he may dwell in Your courts.
 We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
 Of Your holy temple.”  Psalm 65:4

We who belong to the Lord are blessed, chosen, have access and are satisfied!  To have that truth sink deep into your innermost being can do nothing else but fill each one with such overwhelming joy.  The mighty God of all creation has personally chosen each one of us who believe.  Further, He desires that we dwell in His house--in His presence.  How can one adequately state the awesomeness of such grace.?!

The word blessed here is translated; happy, fortunate.  The Psalms have many verses regarding God’s blessings and many of the verses start with,
“How blessed is the man who…” or “…the one who..” as in the following--
“…does not walk in the counsel of the wicked…”  1:1
“…has made the LORD his trust.”  40:4
“…considers the helpless…”  41:1
“…fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.”  112:1

There are many others in the Psalms and I see each as a guide to walking in continued blessing.  (Be sure to check the other books of the Old Testament as well.)

The New Testament has a great many references to God’s blessings and starts right out in Matthew 5 with the Beatitudes in Jesus’ own words.  

One Matthew verse that leaped out at me was Jesus’ pronouncement in 11:6,
“And blessed is he who keeps from stumbling over (taking offense at) Me”
Jesus is truth and to stumble over truth is to fall into unbelief and there is no blessing in unbelief!

Those blessed have their focus on God and His word not on man as we see in Luke 11:27-28 when Jesus is addressing the crowd,
“And it came about while He said these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice, and said to Him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts at which You nursed.’”
“But He said, ‘On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it.’”

Here, it seems to me, that Jesus Himself is confirming the words of Elizabeth in Luke 1:42, when she greeted Mary,
“Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, ‘Blessed are you among women…’”

Notice she says “among women” not above women or anyone else.  Yes, Mary was chosen by God to carry and give birth to Jesus, precious in God’s sight and greatly blessed!  As you read Vs. 46-55 you see that Mary’s focus is on the Lord and she exalts Him and Him alone.

The truth is:
“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”  1 Timothy 2:5

With grateful hearts we thank and worship our most holy God who alone deserves all praise, honor and glory!  Amen